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started yelling, shelley shelley. >> a young art student murdered. >> she said, your daughter as been found in blood. and then the phone went dead. >> this was brutal and sad. >> the clever killer leaves a blank canvas that had no fingerprints, no dna. >> yeah. >> police zero in on three fellow students. the dead girls friend. >> trying to corner in the hallways at school, texting her on the phone, -- >> her boyfriend -- >> he had daggers, knives, sorts, who collects that kind of stuff...

Nathan and could have been a random person. and that by the time states is done with its case you wont be able to know who did the crime, they just dont have evidence. its a pretty good strategy. >> yes. >> its the only strategy. this wasnt a self-defense case. and it was an insanity case. >> no. >> it had to be somebody else. >> make sense, again did he have blood, no, dna? no. >> what they had in their pocket, my star witness is the boyfriend who we knew the girlfriend was thinking about break...

Was his right, declined to testify when he went on trial for killing shelley nance. so he did not himself point at nathan and accuse him of committing the murder. but of course he didnt have to. his attorney did it for him. it was not a surprise to prosecutor dewey mitchell. >> they said it couldve been nathan, and it couldve been a random person, and that by the time the states done with its case, youre not gonna be able to know who did this crime. they just dont have evidence. i think it was a...

You know, this wasnt a self-defense case and it wasnt an insanity case. so it had to be somebody else. >> reporter: well, it makes sense. i mean, again, did you have blood? no. do you have dna? no. >> what they had in their pocket, my star witness is, is the boyfriend who we -- we knew the girlfriend was thinking about breaking up with, who happens to be obsessed with knives. >> reporter: and oh, by the way, hes appearing online in a ninja costume, for heavens sake. >> when he was cross-examined...

Reporter: daniel willyam, as was his right, declined to testify when he went on trial for killing shelley nance. so he did not himself point at nathan and accuse him of committing the murder. but of course he didnt have to. his attorney did it for him. it was not a surprise to prosecutor dewey mitchell. >> they said it couldve been nathan, and it couldve been a random person, and that by the time the states done with its case, youre not gonna be able to know who did this crime. they just dont ha...

Case, youre not gonna be able to know who did this crime. they just dont have evidence. i think it was a pretty good strategy. >> reporter: yeah. >> i think it was the only strategy. you know, this wasnt a self-defense case and it wasnt an insanity case. so it had to be somebody else. >> reporter: well, it makes sense. i mean, again, did you have blood? no. do you have dna? no. >> what they had in their pocket, my star witness is, is the boyfriend who we -- we knew the girlfriend was thinking ab...

Self-defense case and it wasnt an insanity case. so it had to be somebody else. >> reporter: well, it makes sense. i mean, again, did you have blood? no. do you have dna? no. >> what they had in their pocket, my star witness is, is the boyfriend who we -- we knew the girlfriend was thinking about breaking up with, who happens to be obsessed with knives. >> reporter: and oh, by the way, hes appearing online in a ninja costume, for heavens sake. >> when he was cross-examined by the defense, they j...

Reporter: daniel willyam, as was his right, declined to testify when he went on trial for killing shelley nance. so he did not himself point at nathan and accuse him of committing the murder. but of course he didnt have to. his attorney did it for him. it was not a surprise to prosecutor dewey mitchell. >> they said it couldve been nathan, and it couldve been a random person, and that by the time the states done with its case, youre not gonna be able to know who did this crime. they just dont ha...

Reporter: daniel willyam, as was his right, declined to testify when he went on trial for killing shelley nance. so he did not himself point at nathan and accuse him of committing the murder. but of course he didnt have to. his attorney did it for him. it was not a surprise to prosecutor dewey mitchell. >> they said it couldve been nathan, and it couldve been a random person, and that by the time the states done with its case, youre not gonna be able to know who did this crime. they just dont ha...

But of course he didnt have to. his attorney did it for him. it was not a surprise to prosecutor dewey mitchell. >> they said it couldve been nathan, and it couldve been a random person, and that by the time the states done with its case, youre not gonna be able to know who did this crime. they just dont have evidence. i think it was a pretty good strategy. >> reporter: yeah. >> i think it was the only strategy. you know, this wasnt a self-defense case and it wasnt an insanity case so it had to ...